Osanyin

One-limbed orisa of the forest, leaves, and herbal medicine; master herbalist.

Parentage

• parent: Olodumare

Domains

• herbal medicine
• forest

Powers

• Commands the curative power of leaves
• Transforms into a bird to travel realms

Epithets

• Ẹwẹ́ ọ̀, Ọ̀sanyìn yoruba · Ewe o, Osanyin'O the leaves! Osanyin' — the herbalist orisha hailed as master of the leaves, 'agbénigìán' / lord of forest medicinesVerger, Pierre. Awon Ewé Osanyin (Yoruba Medicinal Leaves), Institute of African Studies, Univ. of Ife, 1967 (secondary scholarship); Bascom, William. The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria, 1969 (secondary scholarship)

Relations

• sibling: EshuFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: ObatalaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OduduwaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OrunmilaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: OshunFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.
• sibling: YemojaFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Olodumare) per the figures' cited genealogy.

Sources

• existence: Mythopedia, Osanyin; Grokipedia, Ọsanyìn (secondary)